ISBN:
9780814721650
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (274 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Women and Community in Oman
DDC:
305.42095353
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Before 1970 Oman was one of teh more isolated countries on the Arab peninsula. The growth of the oil economy during the seventies, however, has brought rapid change to the small towns and villages that make up the country. In Women and Community in Oman Chritine Eickelman captures the tone and feel of this desert culture on the verge of substantial, and probably irreversible, change. During 1979 and 1980 she lived in Hamra, an oasis of 2,500 persons and the capital of the Abriyin tribe. Situated on the western edge of the Jabal al-Akhdar region of inner Oman, this was formerly one of the most
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; 1. BEGINNINGS; 2. THE HOUSEHOLD; The Organization of Domestic Work; The Social Role of Water; Work and Status; Social Space; The Privacy of Meals; 3. THE FAMILY CLUSTER; Privacy and the Family Cluster; Choosing a Spouse; Marriage Negotiations; The Marriage Contract; Weddings; Polygyny; 4. SOCIABILITY; Avoiding Conflict; Ideas of the Person; 5. NEIGHBORS; Clusters; Gossip; 6. THE COMMUNITY; Visiting After Childbirth; Consolation or Mourning; Quran Recitals; Formal Visiting: Analytical Implications
Description / Table of Contents:
7. CHILDRENMotherhood; Growing Up; Achieving Adulthood; Education; Traditional Medicine; 8. HAMRA: PAST AND PRESENT; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
